Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Mississippi Total private Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 159 13,712 11,476 2,236 13,277 11,200 2,077 December 254 14,173 11,899 2,274 13,321 11,301 2,020 1993 March 127 14,008 11,782 2,226 13,419 11,320 2,099 June 237 14,858 12,477 2,381 12,853 10,709 2,144 September 197 14,447 12,183 2,264 13,222 11,155 2,067 December 367 14,774 12,388 2,386 13,322 11,303 2,019 1994 March 273 14,434 12,289 2,145 13,526 11,654 1,872 June -254 14,834 12,667 2,167 13,646 11,225 2,421 September 284 15,156 12,884 2,272 13,758 11,770 1,988 December 12 14,565 12,596 1,969 14,182 12,225 1,957 1995 March 182 14,616 12,577 2,039 13,992 12,135 1,857 June 434 15,460 12,751 2,709 14,155 11,880 2,275 September 377 15,022 12,700 2,322 14,213 12,268 1,945 December -185 14,308 12,470 1,838 14,769 12,746 2,023 1996 March 340 14,997 12,627 2,370 14,342 12,312 2,030 June 353 15,427 13,082 2,345 14,343 12,351 1,992 September 298 14,985 12,703 2,282 14,636 12,652 1,984 December -163 14,489 12,518 1,971 14,979 12,845 2,134 1997 March 440 15,347 12,818 2,529 14,660 12,571 2,089 June 179 15,486 13,169 2,317 14,658 12,520 2,138 September 781 16,162 13,253 2,909 14,919 12,791 2,128 December -168 15,436 13,436 2,000 15,069 12,901 2,168 1998 March -166 15,270 13,027 2,243 15,258 12,849 2,409 June 223 15,852 13,388 2,464 14,977 12,736 2,241 September 171 15,356 12,807 2,549 15,575 13,197 2,378 December 123 15,838 13,376 2,462 15,216 12,877 2,339 1999 March 211 16,094 13,370 2,724 15,238 12,725 2,513 June 319 16,118 13,547 2,571 15,371 13,119 2,252 September 151 16,000 13,509 2,491 15,428 13,088 2,340 December 206 15,840 13,391 2,449 15,460 13,217 2,243 2000 March -183 15,923 13,635 2,288 15,501 13,030 2,471 June 45 15,642 13,211 2,431 15,630 13,244 2,386 September 81 15,233 12,795 2,438 16,039 13,682 2,357 December 24 15,104 12,612 2,492 16,110 13,642 2,468 2001 March -344 15,096 12,873 2,223 15,662 13,095 2,567 June 56 14,736 12,466 2,270 15,695 13,481 2,214 September -94 14,661 12,339 2,322 15,727 13,311 2,416 December -133 14,454 12,230 2,224 15,540 13,183 2,357 2002 March 128 15,038 12,606 2,432 14,866 12,562 2,304 June 76 15,239 12,901 2,338 14,850 12,588 2,262 September 146 14,746 12,316 2,430 15,451 13,167 2,284 December -107 14,415 12,174 2,241 15,301 12,953 2,348 2003 March 29 14,797 12,349 2,448 15,405 12,986 2,419 June 106 14,911 12,614 2,297 14,970 12,779 2,191 September 369 15,230 12,840 2,390 14,665 12,644 2,021 December 133 15,137 12,838 2,299 14,931 12,765 2,166 2004 March 27 15,417 13,005 2,412 15,665 13,280 2,385 June 225 15,221 12,797 2,424 15,321 13,122 2,199 September -5 15,611 13,191 2,420 15,333 12,908 2,425 December 54 15,395 13,035 2,360 15,235 12,929 2,306 2005 March 66 15,559 13,124 2,435 15,508 13,139 2,369 June -26 15,373 12,991 2,382 15,680 13,272 2,408 September -1,526 15,278 12,895 2,383 17,404 13,495 3,909 December 652 17,474 14,117 3,357 15,718 13,013 2,705 2006 March 562 17,298 14,391 2,907 15,271 12,926 2,345 June 584 16,442 13,623 2,819 16,132 13,897 2,235 September 165 16,242 13,718 2,524 16,027 13,668 2,359 December 255 16,427 13,822 2,605 15,802 13,452 2,350 2007 March 7 16,809 14,244 2,565 16,142 13,584 2,558 June 94 15,797 13,224 2,573 16,736 14,257 2,479 September -8 15,744 13,213 2,531 16,366 13,827 2,539 December 278 16,332 13,665 2,667 16,165 13,776 2,389 2008 March -238 15,700 13,197 2,503 17,011 14,270 2,741 June -201 15,048 12,594 2,454 17,293 14,638 2,655 September -606 14,833 12,640 2,193 16,810 14,011 2,799 December -295 14,761 12,305 2,456 17,207 14,456 2,751 2009 March -424 13,770 11,346 2,424 17,368 14,520 2,848 June -488 13,863 11,613 2,250 16,484 13,746 2,738 September -489 13,889 11,660 2,229 15,816 13,098 2,718 December -5 14,196 11,730 2,466 15,480 13,009 2,471 2010 March -164 14,360 12,026 2,334 15,270 12,772 2,498 June -101 14,589 12,266 2,323 15,016 12,592 2,424 September -167 14,805 12,446 2,359 14,834 12,308 2,526 December 186 14,925 12,407 2,518 14,727 12,395 2,332 2011 March 23 14,785 12,365 2,420 14,924 12,527 2,397 June -158 14,053 11,847 2,206 15,077 12,713 2,364 September 70 14,887 12,447 2,440 14,721 12,351 2,370 December 12 14,392 11,946 2,446 14,797 12,363 2,434 2012 March 241 14,882 12,460 2,422 14,500 12,319 2,181 June -303 13,995 11,971 2,024 14,860 12,533 2,327 September -135 14,240 12,049 2,191 14,926 12,600 2,326 December -189 15,014 12,519 2,495 14,672 11,988 2,684 2013 March 18 14,373 12,205 2,168 14,508 12,358 2,150 June -96 14,534 12,417 2,117 14,538 12,325 2,213 September -113 14,640 12,465 2,175 14,581 12,293 2,288 December 89 14,575 12,226 2,349 14,788 12,528 2,260 2014 March 103 14,526 12,314 2,212 14,652 12,543 2,109 June -385 14,571 12,384 2,187 15,142 12,570 2,572 September 135 14,782 12,577 2,205 14,362 12,292 2,070 December 173 15,153 12,833 2,320 14,357 12,210 2,147 2015 March 41 14,398 12,179 2,219 15,314 13,136 2,178 June 192 15,208 12,969 2,239 14,379 12,332 2,047 September -441 14,608 12,495 2,113 15,232 12,678 2,554 December 123 15,406 12,922 2,484 14,706 12,345 2,361 2016 March 8 14,598 12,290 2,308 15,413 13,113 2,300 June -117 14,515 12,342 2,173 15,368 13,078 2,290 September 50 15,339 12,941 2,398 14,958 12,610 2,348 December 259 15,434 12,839 2,595 14,826 12,490 2,336 2017 March 115 15,000 12,600 2,400 15,458 13,173 2,285 June 13 14,915 12,571 2,344 15,355 13,024 2,331 September -102 14,814 12,566 2,248 15,267 12,917 2,350 December 124 15,500 13,043 2,457 15,074 12,741 2,333 2018 March 78 14,681 12,482 2,199 15,461 13,340 2,121 June -15 14,922 12,705 2,217 15,247 13,015 2,232 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.